Ingersoll is within easy reach of excellent colleges and universities including the University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University, Western University, Conestoga College and Fanshawe College. So, when you move to Ingersoll, your children can choose from some of the most forward-thinking universities in Canada within easy travelling distances of family, friends and home!

The University of Waterloo is home to world-changing research and inspired teaching, and has topped the rankings for Most Innovative Canadian University for 20 years. Over 29,000 full and part-time undergraduates study at the University, 10% of whom are international students drawn by the largest faculty of engineering in Canada, the largest actuarial science program in North America, and the top-ranked psychology department in Canada (by citations).

With more than 17,000 undergraduate and graduate students, Laurier specializes in arts and social sciences, business and economics, music (including the only Master of Music Therapy program in Canada), as well as science, social work, education and theology. The University has campuses in Waterloo and Brantford, as well as locations in Kitchener, Toronto and Chongqing, China.

Founded in 1878, Western University has been renowned for its wind engineering department, which tests buildings worldwide and is home to the WindEEE Dome research Institute. Equally, the University is a leader in business education, with the new Richard Ivey School of Business in 2012, and a business school campus in Hong Kong since 1998. Its reputation for medical research began with a ground-breaking treatment for cancer in 1952, and continues with an innovative HIV vaccine which will shortly start human clinical trials. Over 27,500 students study at Western, 22,700 of whom are undergraduates, with plenty of space for all on the main campus of over 450 hectares.

One of only nine Polytechnic Institutes in Canada, Conestoga College offers a full range of academic programs, from upgrading through to innovative degree programs. With campuses in Kitchener, Waterloo, Guelph, Stratford, Cambridge, Brantford and Ingersoll, Conestoga offers more than 120 full-time diploma programs, 26 apprenticeship programs, 9, four-year bachelor degree programs, 2 collaborative degrees, 23 graduate certificate programs, and more than 130 part-time programs for over 35,000 part time students and 9,000 full time students.

Fanshawe College offers career training and skills upgrading for local and international students with a variety of undergraduate and post-graduate courses in health care, human services, electronics, business administration, information technology, music production, art, design, manufacturing, hospitality, transportation, broadcasting, environmental science and civil engineering. Fanshawe is one of the largest colleges in Ontario with over 17,350 full-time students and 26,000 part-time, studying on campuses in London, Simcoe, St. Thomas, Woodstock and Tillsonburg. The college's graduates are successful as well, with 86.5% able to find employment within six months of completion, and many are actively recruited before they even graduate!